The patch titled
ptrace: EXIT_ZOMBIE fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
xtensa-ptrace-exit_zombie-fix.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: ptrace: EXIT_ZOMBIE fix
From: Bill Huey (hui) <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
We're testing the wrong task_struct field.
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c~xtensa-ptrace-exit_zombie-fix arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c~xtensa-ptrace-exit_zombie-fix
+++ a/arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *chi
*/
case PTRACE_KILL:
ret = 0;
- if (child->state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) /* already dead */
+ if (child->exit_state == EXIT_ZOMBIE) /* already dead */
break;
child->exit_code = SIGKILL;
child->ptrace &= ~PT_SINGLESTEP;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
xtensa-ptrace-exit_zombie-fix.patch
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